Bárbara Seixas

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Seixas and the second or paternal family name is de Freitas.

Bárbara Seixas de Freitas (born 8 March 1987) is a Brazilian beach volleyball player, playing as a defender.^[1] In 2012, she was named FIVB top Rookie of the year.^[2][3] Seixas is a three-time youth World Champion and has reached the podium in several FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournaments.^[4][5] She won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships alongside her teammate Liliane Maestrini,^[6] and per 13 August 2013 they rank third among the women's money leaders with $108,875.^[7]

Bárbara Seixas
at the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Bárbara Seixas de Freitas
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 38)
Hometown	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Beach volleyball information
Current teammate
Teammate Carolina Solberg Salgado
Previous teammates
Years Teammate 2012, 2014–2017 Ágatha Bednarczuk
Honours Women's beach volleyball Representing  Brazil Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Beach World Championships 2015 The Hague Beach 2013 Stare Jabłonki Beach South American Games 2022 Asunción Beach Youth World Championships 2005 St. Quay Beach U19 2006 Myslowice Beach U21 2007 Modena Beach U21 2003 Pattaya Beach U18 2004 Termoli Beach U18

In 2015, Seixas and her partner Ágatha won a gold medal at the 2015 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

Professional career

Rio de Janeiro 2016

Bárbara and her partner Ágatha beat Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of United States, in straight sets of (22-20), (21-18) in the semi-final match in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. They lost in the deciding match for gold against Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany.